who, on seeing him enter, deliberately laid hold of his gun, and advancing to within two or three yards of him fired, and literally tore open the belly and side of the unfortunate man. It is needless to say he died instanneously. The poor man had sent his wife to America last summer, and expected to join her as soon as she would be able to send him a remittance. entirely suspended; the damage done amounts to many thousand pounds.-At Liverpool, great damage was done to the shipping, even in the docks. A fine ship, the Providence, which left the port on Sunday for the coast of Africa, struck on the Burbo Bank, at the mouth of the Mersey. As soon as the accident was known, the Magazine life-boat was taken by a steam-tug to the locality, and managed to rescue thirteen persons; but the first and second mate, and twenty-one of the crew perished. The Arcturus, from SOCIAL, SANITARY, AND MUNICIPAL Ibrail, struck on Crosby Point, and became a total wreck; the pilot and first mate were drowned. The Aurora, from Cardiff, was also lost, near Holyhead; but her people escaped.-Two vessels were lost on the sands off Yarmouth, within sight of a fishing-lugger, which could render no assistance. One ship was dashed to pieces; the other struck the sands, got off again, and then foundered: every soul perished. From the size of the vessels, it is calculated that twenty men must have been drowned.-Many wreeks and minor casualties are reported from Wales, but without loss of life. On the 8th, about noon, a Boat was Lost belonging to the Dolphin, revenue-cutter, containing five men, one a custom-house officer, and four rowers. When leaving a brig they had boarded opposite Woolwich Dockyard, they cast off at the moment the Sylph, Woolwich Company's steam-packet, was approaching; and before the boat could get out of the way and the steamer eased, it was cut in two, and the whole of the men went under the wheel of the steamer. Four of the men were saved; but one, named Manning, was drowned, and another severely hurt. There was no blame attached to the Sylph, as her captain and crew did all in their power to avert the accident. PROGRESS. ONE of the letters on "Labour and the Poor," recently published in the Morning Chronicle, contains some Remarkable Omnibus Statisties. The total number of omnibuses traversing the streets of London is about 3000, paying duty (including mileage), averaging 97. per month each, or 324,000. per annum. The number of conductors and drivers is about 700, paying annually 58. each for their licenses, or 1750. collectively. The receipts of each vehicle vary from 2 to 47. per day; estimating the whole 3000 at 37., it follows that the entire sum expended annually in omnibus hire by the people of London amounts to no less than 3,285,000 The average journey, as regards length, of each omnibus, is six miles, and that distance is, in some cases, travelled twelve times a day by each omnibus. Taking the average as between forty-five and fifty miles a day travelled by each omnibus, and computing the omnibuses running daily at 3000, we find "a travel" of upwards of 140,000 miles daily, or a yearly "travel" of more than fifty millions of miles. On each of its journeys, an omnibus carries on the average fifteen persons. Nearly all are licensed to carry twenty-two (thirteen inside and nine out), and that number perhaps is sometimes exceeded, while fifteen is a fair computation; for as every omnibus has now the fares of 3d. and 6d., there are two sets of passengers, and the number of fifteen through the whole distance on each journey of the omnibus, is (as has been A little boy of seven years old was literally Cut to said,) a fair computation, for sometimes the vehicle is Pieces at Newton, near Mabgate, in Yorkshire, on the almost empty, as a set-off to its being crammed at other 9th. He was the son of Smith Deuce, a brick-maker, times. This computation shows the daily "travel," and had gone into the brick-shed where his father reckoning ten journeys a day, of 450,000 passengers. worked. The clay in this yard is worked by machinery, Thus we might be led to believe that about one-fourth being put into an aperture filled with clay-knives, and of the entire population of the metropolis and its suburbs the whole set in motion by steam-power. The engine on-men, women, and children; the inmates of hospitals, this occasion was at work, and the poor child accidentally gaols, and workhouses; paupers, peers, and their families fell in amongst the knives, and was instantly killed. all included-were daily travelling in omnibuses. But A Destructive Fire broke out on the evening of the it must be borne in mind that as most omnibus travellers 19th, on the premises of Mr. Bennington, a painter and use that convenient mode of conveyance at least twice a glazier, in Grange Road, Bermondsey, in consequence day, we may compute the number of individuals at of Mr. Bennington having let a lighted candle fall into 225,000, or, allowing three journeys as an average daily some liquid varnish which he was preparing. Several travel, at 150,000. The extent of individual travel perengines were speedily on the spot, but owing to the formed by some of the omnibus drivers is enormous. want of water they were comparatively useless, and Mr. One man stated that he had driven "his bus" 72 miles Bennington's premises, his furniture, stock in trade, (12 stages of six miles) every day for six years, with the were totally consumed. He was not insured, and his exception of twelve miles less every second Sunday, so family, who a few hours previously were in comparatively that this man had driven in six years, 179,568 miles. affluent circumstanees, have been reduced to a state of utter destitution. On the 8th, an Explosion occurred at the powdermills of Messrs. Hall, near Faversham. Providentially the workmen were not in the mill at the time; and the damage was confined to the destruction of the building in which the explosion took place. On the 19th, Mr. Longfield, a druggist in Leeds, was nearly killed by the Imprudent use of Naphtha; while pouring this substance from a large into a smaller vessel, it ignited at a lamp which he had placed on the floor near the vessel. In a moment he was enveloped in flames, and was so dreadfully burned that for some time it was doubted whether he would recover. On the evening of the 23rd a young man was Killed at the terminus of the London and South-Western Railway, Waterloo Road. A number of men were engaged at the usual hour making ready the train for Southampton, when Thomas Martin, one of the company's porters, made an attempt to cross through a vacancy between a number of carriages. Unfortunately at that instant six or seven men, who did not perceive that Martin was crossing the rails, pushed a number of carriages forward with such violence as to force the poor fellow against the buffers of the carriages. He was speedily extricated, and removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he died soon after his admission. On the night of the 23rd, a bailiff named Andy was Shot Dead at Newtown, in Tipperary. He went to serve in order from the Tipperary Bank on Luby, a farmer, An Experimental School for Juvenile Delinquents has been formed at Aberdeen by Mr. Watson, the sheriff. A preliminary meeting was held on the evening of the 7th, in the soup-kitchen in Loch Street, which has been appropriated for the school. About thirty young thieves were present. A plentiful supply of coffee and rolls was provided; and they appeared greatly delighted with their treat. The sheriff urged the boys to come back next morning at eight, to be fed, taught, and amused all day, and get home in the evening at seven. They would have (he said) a little work to do, they would get abundance of food, useful instruction, and plenty of play. The school would be open for two months, and by that time, he hoped employment would be got for the big boys, and the younger might be transferred to one of the Juvenile Industrial Schools. On his appealing to them whether they wished to live honestly or not, vehement responses of "Yes, yes," were returned. In answer to their previous statement, that their parents required them to do something to help them, the sheriff said that nothing was more necessary than that their parents should get food, but if they came to the school and gave sufficient evidence of their need, they would get it, or the boys might take it home to them at night. This promise drew forth joyous expressions. The boys all agreed to come to the school, expressing their willingness to work. The ages of the boys were thirteen and under-none being admitted above thirteen years of age. On the opening of the school, twenty-two boys presented themselves and were next day admitted. Since then, the attendance has continued the same, and the attention to work and study has been, with the aid of a little corporal castigation, very satisfactory. An act of Munificent Charity has been done by Miss Howard, of York Place. She has assigned over to trustees 45,000l., for the erection of twenty-one houses on her property at Pinner, near Harrow, in the form of a crescent; the centre house for the trustees, the other twenty houses for the use of twenty widows, who are to occupy them free of rent and taxes, and also to receive 501. a-year clear of all deductions. The widows of naval men to have the preference, then those of military men, and, lastly, those of clergymen; none but persons of good character to be selected, to be chosen or dismissed for misconduct by the trustees. The deed is now enrolled in Chancery, and approved of by the Lord Chancellor. The trustees are the Earl of Fingal, and W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. The Free Grammar School at Richmond, erected as a testimonial to the memory of the late Canon Tate, who was one of the most successful teachers in England, was opened with much ceremony on the 3rd. The Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Ripon, the Earl of Zetland, the Earl of Lovelace, the Mayor and Corporation of Richmond, with many other persons of distinction, took part in the proceedings. A general meeting of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, was held on the 1st of October; Archdeacon Sinclair in the chair. It appeared by a letter from the Bishop of Montreal (Dr. Fulford), that he had arrived in his diocese, and met with a gratifying reception both from clergy and laity. Various letters were read from several colonial prelates, including the Bishops of Toronto, Quebec, Fredricton, Adelaide, Newfoundland, Antigua, and Cape Town, and grants were voted towards the erection of churches and other objects in their several sees. On the application of Dr. Gobat, Bishop of the English Church in Jerusalem, a large supply of the Society's version of psalms in Arabic was granted for distribution in the East. An interesting letter from the Rev. William Armstrong, chaplain at Valparaiso, respecting the exemplary community forming the population of Pitcairn's Island, was listened to with much interest. The sum of 1,000l. was voted towards the new bishopric in the settlement of Canterbury, New Zealand.; and 3,000l. was placed at the disposal of the Bishop of Toronto, towards the endowment of a college in connection with the Church of England in his diocese. Many schools and lending libraries in England and Wales were aided with grants of books, as were also poor emigrants quitting the English shore. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has Presented a Donation of 50%. in aid of the Association for the Establishment of Evening Classes for young men. On the 10th, the Common Council of London Voted a Grant of one hundred guineas in aid of the Jews' Free School, where 1100 children are well and morally taught. A similar sum was granted to the Church of England Sunday School Institute. The New Stamp Act came into operation on the 10th inst. The following are some of its most important articles. An agreement, or memorandum of an agreement, where the matter shall be of the value of 201. or upwards, will be liable to a duty of only 2s. 6d. where the same does not exceed 1080 words, and according to its length, a progressive duty of 2s. 6d. On bonds not exceeding 50%. the duty will be only 1s. 6d. ; and so on. The ad valorem duty will be charged to 7s. 6d. on 300Z., and when the same shall exceed 3004., then for every 1007, and also for any fractional part of 100%., the charge will be 2s. 6d. The several kinds of bonds known in the law are set forth, and the duties prescribed according to the amount. With respect to conveyances of property, where the purchase or consideration therein or thereupon expressed shall not exceed 251., a duty of 2s. 6d., and so on progressively to 6007, when the duty will be 37., and 10s. for every additional 100%. As to leases of lands, tenements, &c., at a yearly rent without premium, the duty will be according to the yearly rent, from 6d. to 10s., which last mentioned duty will be when the rent does not exceed 1007. The ad valorem is charged on the premium paid. On mortgages the duty will be 18. 3d., where the sum does not exceed 507., up to 78. 6d., for 3007.; and beyond that sum, 2s. 6d. for every additional 1002. Settlements are liable to a higher rate of duty; when the value of the property settled upon any good or valuable consideration, other than a bona fide pecuniary consideration, does not exceed 1007., the duty will be 58., and an additional 5s. on every 1007. Sellers of receipt stamps are now allowed 77, 10s. in the 100%, in lieu of one half per cent. The New County Courts Act contains a provision under which actions can be tried in the County Court for more than 50%. It is enacted by the 17th section, that if the parties shall agree, by a memorandum signed by them or their attorneys, the County Court may try actions beyond the amount limited, or any action in which the title to land, whether of freehold, copyhold, leasehold, or other tenure, or to any tithe, toll, market, or other franchise, shall be in question. It also contains a provision respecting professional remuneration, whereby an attorney shall be entitled to a sum not exceeding 17. 10s, for his fees and costs, where the debt or demand claimed shall not exceed 35., or 21. in any other cause within the jurisdiction given by the act; and in no case shall any fee exceeding 27. 4s. 6d. be allowed for employing a barrister as counsel in the cause, and the expense of employing a barrister or any attorney either by plaintiff or defendant shall not be allowed on taxation of costs unless by order of the judge. A Temperance Festival was held on the 14th, at the London Tavern. The company, between five and six hundred, were entertained with tea, speeches, and "temperance melodies." The principal speaker was Mr. George Cruickshank, the celebrated artist, who was vehemently applauded. He was there, he said, to declare his adhesion to that great and glorious cause. He had been a teetotaller three years and a half; he was sorry he had not been so all his life; but he would keep the pledge now as long as he existed. He had twice had wine prescribed as a medicine, but he had refused it at the risk of his life. In the room in which they were assembled, all the great national interests had been from time to time advocated; he had himself acted as steward on occasions when the late lamented Duke of Cambridge presided-rreat and glorious occasions, but none of them surpassing in importance that on which they were assembled. It was gratifying to behold a meeting of teetotallers in one of the first rooms in the City of London, where wine had flowed in torrents, not to mention oseans of brandy and whiskey-punch. He recently attended a costermongers' supper and ball, both which passed off very pleasantly; two drunken men forced themselves into the assembly with a view to create a disturbance, but the good sense and sobriety of the company completely defeated their object. He regretted that he had not the means of rendering pecuniary assistance to this cause, but he hoped to be able to aid it with his pencil or pen. From his previous efforts in this way he had not derived the least profit; but if they had promoted the temperance cause in the slightest degree, he was satisfied. It appeared by a statement read by one of the secretaries, that it is intended to make some characteristic demonstration at the time of the great Industrial Exhibition of 1851. A new mode of Appropriation of the Prisons of the Metropolis to distinct classes of offenders came into operation at the beginning of this month. All the female prisoners, and all male prisoners under seventeen years of age, were removed from the House of Correction at Coldbathfields to the House of Correction at Westminster; and all male prisoners above seventeen were removed from the latter place to Coldbathfields. Prisoners committed under the Hackney Carriage Act, and for want of sureties, were removed from both those prisons to the House of Detention. Nearly 900 persons were thus transposed. Negotiations have been entered into with the Lords of the Admiralty and Government authorities for the establishment of a Submarine Telegraph across St. George's Channel, upon a similar though much more extensive scale to that now being undertaken between England and France. From the extreme western coast of Ireland to Halifax, the nearest telegraphic station in America, the distance is 2155 miles; and as this might be accomplished by the steamers in five or six days, it is apprehended that England, by means of telegraphic communication, may be put in possession of intelligence from America in six days, instead of as now in twelve or fourteen. All operations connected with the Submarine Telegraph between England and France are now suspended till next spring. The interval will be employed in manufacturing the wire cables and other apparatus, so that the electric line may be completed by May. Messrs. Fox & Henderson, the contractors for the completing of the Cork and Bandon Railway, have been declared contractors for making the wire cables. perpetual presentation to a bed, the right to be exercised by the Prince of Wales. An inquiry of a very serious character, which has been going on for some time into the character of some of the Cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, has been brought to a close. In consequence of some prac-earnest and continued zeal in the cause of the approachtices too gross to be particularised, by some of the students who had recently joined from the new training school at Carshalton, the Master-General of the Ordnance ordered a committee of inquiry to assemble and investigate the circumstances. The first result was the dismissal of three students from the Academy, who had been convicted of these practices. The result of the labours of the committee has been the expulsion of six more out of the ten students who had joined the Academy, making nine in all, and the peremptory dismissal of twenty-three scholars from the Carshalton School. The recent act "to amend the Law relating to Benefices in Plurality," provides that no person appointed to the deanery of any cathedral church shall be allowed to hold the office of head ruler of any college or hall within either the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or the office of provost of Eton College, or of warden of Winchester College, or of master of the Charter-house, together with his deanery. This enactment is not to apply to the dean of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford, as chief ruler of the college there maintained. Heads of colleges in the universities are not to hold cathedral preferment except in cases where benefices or cathedral preferments may be permanently attached to or form part of the endowment of the office. A Ball was given to the Inmates of St. Luke's Hospital, upon St. Luke's day, the 18th. It was the first occasion of this kind which has taken place at St. Luke's, and from the successful issue of the undertaking it may be expected to be repeated. Between sixty and seventy of the patients, men and women, were assembled at six o'clock in the evening in the great hall, and music being provided, they were quickly arranged in their places for the old English country dance. This, with appropriate changes, was kept up with great spirit until nine o'clock, when all retired peaceably and cheerfully to their respective apartments. The officers of the establishment, with such nurses and attendants as could be spared from the galleries, joined merrily in the dance. By this means the confidence of the patients was secured, and they showed themselves grateful for the enjoyment afforded them, by entering into the amusement without levity or boisterous conduct of any kind. There are at present 196 patients in the hospital-91 men and 105 women. The average of cure during the last year was 60 per cent., being a considerable improvement upon former years. The Board of Directors of the Asylum for Idiots have just issued an appeal to the public. They have under under their care, at Park House, Highgate, and Essex Hall, Colchester, no less than 129 patients, and the total number of persons the institution has dependent upon it is 163. There are now 170 eligible patients seeking admission at the ensuing election, and the board can only venture to admit fifteen of the number. They are anxious to erect a building properly adapted to the care and education of the idiot, which, they say, ought to contain not less than three hundred beds, and which will be arranged so as to serve in all respects as a model institution. Her Majesty has set an example of patronage by a contribution of 250 guineas, so as to secure a On Friday, the 25th a Grand Banquet was given at York by the Lord Mayor and municipality of that city, in return for the banquet given in March last by the Lord Mayor of London to the municipal towns of the United Kingdom. The entertainment, given in the Guildhall of York, was of the most splendid description. It was honoured by the presence of Prince Albert, ninety-four mayors of boroughs, representing all the different portions of the United Kingdom; and the numerous company included Lord John Russell, several members of the Government, and the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. Among the addresses after dinner the greatest interest was excited by that of Prince Albert, after his health had been proposed by the Lord Mayor of York and drank with the utmost enthusiasm. His Royal Highness dwelt upon the preparations for and prospects of the approaching great Exhibition. "I see," he said, "in your anxiety to meet us, her Majesty's Commissioners, again, a proof of your ing Exhibition. It could not be by the impetus of a momentary enthusiasm, but only by a steady perseverance and sustained efforts, that you could hope to carry out your great undertaking, and ensure for yourselves and the nation an honourable position in the comparison which you have invited. If to cheer you on your labours, by no means terminated, you should require an assurance that that spirit of activity and perseverance is abroad in the country, I can give you that assurance on the ground of the information which reaches us from all quarters; and I can add to it our personal conviction, that the works in preparation will be such as to dispel any apprehension for the position which British industry will maintain. From abroad, also, all accounts which we receive lead us to expect that the works to be sent will be numerous and of a superior character. Although we perceive in some countries an apprehension that the advantages to be derived from the Exhibition will be mainly reaped by England, and a consequent distrust in the effects of our scheme upon their own interests, we must, at the same time, freely and gratefully acknowledge that our invitation has been received by all nations with whom communication was possible, in that spirit of liberality and friendship in which it was tendered, and that they are making great exertions, and incurring great expenses, in order to meet our plans." His Royal Highness paid a graceful tribute to the memory of Sir Robert Peel; observing that, only at their last meeting they were admiring his eloquence, and the earnestness with which he appealed to them to uphold by their exertions and personal sacrifices what was to him the highest object, the honour of his country. He concluded by saying that, viewing the practical nature of the English character, he was pleased when he saw the plan of the Exhibition of 1851 undergo its ordeal of doubt, discussion, and even opposition; and that he hoped he might now gather, from the energy with which its execution was pursued, that the nation was convinced that it accorded with the interests of England, and the position which she held in the world. Lord John Russell, the Archbishop of York, the Earl of Carlisle, the Lord Mayor of London, and other distinguished persons, also addressed the meeting. A great Diminution of Crime in the counties of Gloucester and Somerset is apparent from the reports made to the Quarter Sessions for those counties, just concluded. The tables from the House of Correction in Gloucester shire detailed a decrease in the number of prisoners, and the disposition of those in charge was much improved. There has been likewise a decrease in the cost of maintaining these houses, of 25 per cent., owing partly to an abundance of labour and partly to the cheapness of provisions. In Somersetshire for the year ending Michaelmas, 1849, there were 740 persons committed for trial; but in the year just ended, viz., at Michaelmas, the committals were only 589, being a diminution of 152, and the character of the various offences on the whole has been much lighter. This satisfactory condition of the country is to be attributed to the improved condition of the working-classes, and the general sufficiency of labour in the country. PERSONAL NARRATIVE. THE Queen and Prince Albert continued to enjoy the tranquil residence at Balmoral till the 10th, on the morning of which day they departed for the South. They arrived at Edinburgh about seven in the evening. Preparations had been made to give a loyal welcome; and among the features of the demonstration, was a bonfire piled to the height of forty feet on the summit of Arthur's Seat. The blazing mass consisted of thirty tons of coal, a vast quantity of wood saturated with oil and turpentine, and a thousand tar-barrels. It was kindled at five o'clock, and the flames are said to have been seen by the Queen for many miles of her route on both sides of the Forth.-Her Majesty was received at the decorated platform of the railway by Sheriff Gordon and other dignitaries; and a military escort lined the way to Holyrood Palace.-The Royal party left Edinburgh next morning, and arrived in the evening at Buckingham Palace; and on Saturday, the 12th, they went to Osborne. The Duchess of Kent arrived in town on the 10th, from Dalmahoy, the seat of the Earl of Morton, near Edinburgh. Intelligence has been received from the Arctic Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. The North Star, which went out as a tender-ship to the expedition of Sir James Clark Ross a year and a half ago, returned unexpectedly to Spithead on the 28th of September, bringing dispatches from the ships of the four expediditions which went out early this year. The Prince Albert, a ship dispatched in July last, under Captain Forsyth, to make a special search beyond Brentford Bay, returned to Aberdeen on the 29th ult. Dispatches from Captain Ommaney, Captain Penny, Sir John Ross, and Captain Forsyth, have been published by the Admiralty; but they throw little or no light on the fate of the missing voyagers. It appears that some Esquimaux were fallen in with near Cape York, who told a story which was interpreted to be "that in the winter of 1846, when the snow was falling, two ships were broken by the ice a good way off in the direction of Cape Dudley Diggs, and afterwards burned by a fierce and numerous tribe of natives. The ships were not whalers-epaulettes were worn by some of the white men. A part of the crews were drowned; the remainder were some time in huts or tents, apart from the natives; they had guns, but no balls, were in a weak and exhausted condition, and were subsequently killed by the natives with darts or arrows. This was the version given by one Adam Beck, Captain Ross's Esquimaux interpreter; but Captain Penny's interpreter was totally at variance with the other, whom he called a liar; and the commanders of the expedition were incredulous as to the story. From the information brought by the Prince Albert, it appears that what seemed to be traces of the missing expedition had been found in the direction of the Wellington Channel, a situation that was considered likely. These were, the vestiges of five tents, and the remains of provisions, probably left by a party who had lost their ship or ships, but how long ago there were no means of judging. There was a piece of rope, which was sent home for examination, and appears to have been probably a part of the Arctic stores sent from Chatham to Woolwich for the Erebus and Terror, in 1845. The search was going on, by all the parties engaged in it, with undiminished zeal and activity. On the 28th of September, Mr. Alderman Musgrove was elected Lord Mayor of London. The Sheriff's for the ensuing year are Alderman Robert Watson Gordon, cutler, and Mr. G. Edm. Hodgkinson, spectacle-maker. The Right Hon. J. H. Monahan, late Attorney-Gen COLONIES AND eral in Ireland, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, subject to any reduction in the salary and income of the office which Parliament may make, in accordance with the report of the committee of the House of Commons upon official, diplomatic, and judicial salaries. Mr. Hatchell, the Solicitor-General (M.P. for Windsor), becomes Attorney-General, and the Solicitor-Generalship is conferred upon Mr. Henry George Hughes, Q.C., an eminent member of the Chancery bar. The Rev. Dr. Townsend, recently made Dean of Waterford, is raised to the vacant Bishopric of Meath. The see of Meath yields an annual income of 40007., with extensive patronage. Lord Gough has received the freedom of the burgh of Inverness. His first triumph in the field was as a lieutenant of light infantry in the 78th Highlanders, raised in the immediate vicinity of Inverness. The name of Lord Gough immediately succeeds that of Prince Albert on the burgess roll of Inverness. The late Vice-Chancellor Sir James Wigram has retired upon an annuity of 35007. Obituary of Notable Persons. The BARONESS DE NEUMANN, née Lady Augustus Somerset, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and wife of Baron Neumann, formerly Austrian Minister at the Court of St. James's, died in childbed at Vienna, on the 20th ult. was killed in the prime of life, at Castellamare, near Naples, on MRS. MACLEAN, the wife of D. Maclean, Esq., M.P. for Oxford, the 20th ult. She was taking a drive in her carriage, when the horses took fright and run away, and she sustained such severe injuries that she expired a few hours afterwards. 60th year. He had left England some weeks before, for the LORD LEIGH died at Bonn on the 27th of September, in his benefit of his health. THOMAS AMYOTT, Esq., F.R.S., and F.S.A., for many years Treasurer to the Society of Antiquaries, died on the 28th ult. at his residence, 13, James Street, Buckingham Gate, in the 76th year of his age. REAR-ADMIRAL SIR J. MARSHALL died on the 30th ult. at Pen dyffryn, near Conway, the residence of General Sir C. Smith, in age, had been in the navy half a century, and was a distinguished consequence of a fall from a gig. He was in the 65th year of his officer. MR. JAMES INGRAM, proprietor and landlord of the Fox Inn at Woodford, in Gloucestershire, died on the 2nd, in his 93rd year. He was the last survivor of the crew of the Royal George, which almost miraculously the fate of his companions. Mr. Ingram sank at Spithead on the 19th of August, 1782, having escaped had seen a great deal of service, having been at the siege of Gibraltar, and in many naval actions. His sight and health were remarkably good up to within a short time of his death. He was well known on the old coach-road from Gloucester to Bristol, as the coachmen used frequently to pull up to allow their passengers to see a veteran whose life had been marked by so singular an incident. MISS SARAH BIFFIN, the celebrated miniature-painter, who was born without hands or arms, died at Liverpool on the 2nd, at the age of 66. For many years she supported herself by her art; but as age came on she fell into distressed circumstances, till a small annuity was purchased for her by subscription, through the benevolent exertions of Mr. Richard Rathbone of Liverpool. MAJOR-GENERAL WINGROVE, of the Royal Marines, died on the 7th, aged 70. The Rev. Dr. THACKERAY, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, died at his residence in Wimpole Street, on the 21st, at the age of 73. SIR WILLIAM WRIXON BECHER, Bart., died a few days ago at Mallow in the House of Commons, and in 1831 he assumed the Ballygiblen, his seat in Ireland. He formerly represented name of "Becher," in lieu of his patronymic, in accordance with the will of his mother's brother, and was that year created a baronet. He was born in 1780, and married in 1820 Miss O'Neill, the celebrated tragic actress, who survives him, by whom he leaves issue three sons and two daughters, his eldest son Henry, born in Sept., 1826, succeeding to the baronetcy. The DUKE OF PALMELLA died at Lisbon, on the 12th. He was buried with great pomp and royal honours. DEPENDENCIES. THE apparently settled tranquillity of India continues to be matter of congratulation, but whispers of a coming storm against the Directors grow more and more distinct and ominous as the time approaches for Sir Charles Napier's return. He had selected the 5th of November as the day on which to begin his homeward journey; and this may possibly prefigure both the extent of the meditated "blow-up," and its interception by some wary Monteagle. From the Colonies there is no worse or better tidings than the election of Dr. Lang to the Legislative Council of New South Wales as Member for the City of Sydney. The contest was a narrow one, and its result may prove not unimportant. It exhibits the present strength of the democratic party in New South Wales in a somewhat grave light, and ought to receive proper attention from the authorities in Downing Street. The accounts by the last Overland Mail are from Bombay to the 17th September, Calcutta to the 7th September, and Hong Kong to the 24th August. for the remunerative production of this plant; and Pembroke Hall, an estate adjacent to Kingston, has been leased for that purpose. A coloured woman, named Moss, died in Kingston on the 1st of September, at the extraordinary Age of 150 Years. She was until within a short time of her dissolution in the enjoyment of all her faculties, and had not known a day's sickness during the last forty years of her existence. The Rains which had fallen in Hanover, Westmoreland, Trelawny, and St. Anne's, were expected to assist very materially the planters with their next crops. The whole of British India was tranquil, but the petty civil war on the Nizam's borders still continued. The native state of Oude seems inclined to rival the Nizam's territories in anarchy and misgovernment. It will be remembered that some months since an English officer was killed and two guns lost in an attack on the fort of a refractory vassal of the King of Oude. A second event of the same nature has occurred. The Rajab of Esanuggur had shown himself for some time unwilling to pay the portion of revenue due from him In Barbadoes the weather had been extremely sultry, to the Oude government, and it became the duty of with heavy showers of rain. The country looked beauLieutenant P. Orr to obtain these dues from him; but tifully green, and an immense crop of sugar was calcubefore resorting to more stringent measures he impru-lated upon by the most experienced planters. A fire dently determined on an interview with the Rajah, who took place on the 19th ult. at Pashfield estate, which came attended by 200 armed followers. Lieutenant Orr destroyed property to the value of 1500%. had with him only a Jemadar's party of Sepoys. A discussion ensued, which terminated with blows. Lieutenant Orr received eleven wounds (seven were severe), and was with great difficulty carried off by his party, who behaved very well, and sustained considerable loss. The Rajah lost on his part his brother-in-law and three followers, and was himself wounded. As soon as the Rajah's followers had seen their master safe into his fort (which immediately opened a fire of grape on Lieutenant Orr's party), they commenced a pursuit, from which Lieutenant Orr with difficulty escaped into the districts of a rival Rajah. The present aspect of the Punjaub is most encouraging; the population, now disarmed, have settled down into their former habits of industry. The breadth of land under cultivation this season is said to be unprecedented, and the crops are everywhere most promising. Sir Charles Napier was to begin his homeward journey from Simla on the 5th of November, and the Governor-general was expected to return from Konawur to Simla at the end of September. It was then expected that his Lordship would visit the Punjaub. Sir Charles Napier has issued a general order condemnatory of the conduct of those commanding officers who neglected to read and explain to their regiments the orders issued in October, 1849, by the GovernorGeneral and Commander-in-Chief, with a view to preparing the minds of the Sepoys for the withdrawal of Scinde allowances. To this neglect on the part of Major Troup, of the 66th Native Infantry, it will be remembered that the mutiny and consequent disbandment of that regiment were attributed by Sir Charles. In this order the Commander-in-Chief very clearly defines the duties of officers commanding regiments, brigades, and divisions; and states that his own period of service with the "noble Indian army" will very soon close. The most important piece of intelligence from Hong Kong is the continuation of the fearful mortality among the troops, which we noticed in last month's "Narrative." This mortality was chiefly in the 59th regiment, which had lost ninety men in about two months; while, among the Europeans belonging to the Engineers and the Artillery no unusual sickness had prevailed, and the community generally was healthy. This sickness, therefore, is ascribed to the unhealthiness of the barracks and the want of sufficient sanitary precautions. The mortality, however, had begun to abate. A formidable Insurrection against the Chinese government had broken out in the province of Kwang-si. The leader, who is named Li-ting-pang, is said to be at the head of 50,000 men. He has assumed the title borne by the highest Tartar generals, and threatens to exterminate the present and restore the old Chinese dynasty. The last West India Mail has brought advices from the principal colonies to the end of last month. In Jamaica the cultivation of cotton is the great object of interest. An association has been formed in Kingston in order to test the capabilities of the island In Trinidad, commercial affairs were in a very unsatisfactory condition, and a scarcity of capital was complained of. A large number of properties had been advertised for public sale in December next on account of arrears due for the ward-rate. There was no sensible alteration in the wages of labourers. A few small proprietors were planting cotton, but more as essays than for speculation. Great dissatisfaction was expressed by the middle classes, and the owners of small properties, at the heavy taxation imposed, and a great many people would probably be driven from the island in consequence thereof. The crop shipped in 1850 amounted to 23,412 hogsheads, and it was estimated that the whole crop would amount to 24,000 hogsheads, showing a deficiency of 4000 hogsheads when compared with the yield of 1849. The prospect of next year's crop, however, was very favourable. In British Guiana, the court of policy had held two sittings, at one of which, two despatches from Earl Grey were read, acknowledging certain communications institutes, in which the noble earl expressed himself from British Guiana, calling for changes in its legislative not unwilling to sanction certain alterations in the court of electors, the effect of which would be to increase the number of members and limit their tenure of office, provided such should be the wish of the court of policy. these views into operation by increasing the financial Governor Barkly also announced his readiness to carry representatives from six to ten. There are advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the 5th of August. The most important article of intelligence is the annexation to the colony of a tract of land about 150 square miles in extent, lying east of Albert division and west of the Wilge river. The whole tract is designed and appropriated as a "National Reserve," for the use of the aborigines or persons of African descent; and no farms or lands within it will, unless otherwise directed, be granted to persons of European race. The tract is now occupied by the aborigines attached to the Wesleyan missionary station at the Wittebergen. The Wilge River, now the eastern boundary of the colony, is henceforth to be known as the Tees. Papers from Sydney have been received to the 1st of August. Dr. Lang had been elected representative of the city of Sydney in the legislative council, by a majority of 25, the votes for him having been 970 and for his opponent, Mr. Holden, 945. On being declared duly elected, he addressed the multitude, and was then drawn home in his carriage by his partisans. From South Australia there are favourable accounts of the progress of the Australian Mining Company. Fresh applications are constantly coming in for allotments of land, of from one to five acres each, and the |